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Multicultural Dora The Explorer Grows Up, But She Won't Make All Kids Bilingual

Multicultural Dora The Explorer Grows Up, But She Won't Make All Kids Bilingual

Sep 09 2014 | comment(s)


Dora grows up. Credit: Lisa West Photography, CC BY-NC-ND

By Bruce Fuller, University of California, Berkeley

5 Foods To Avoid At The Supermarket

5 Foods To Avoid At The Supermarket

Sep 09 2014 | comment(s)


Ideally lollipops, cookies, sugar-sweetened drinks, potato chips and processed meats will never appear in your shopping cart.  

Want to stack the nutrition odds in your favor? The key is good food so here are five things to never let into your shopping trolley: candies, cookies, sugar-sweetened drinks, potato chips and processed meats.

Known as discretionary foods, all five are high in either added sugars, saturated fat or salt. Discretionary foods provide calories but not many nutrients.

Why Global Contributions To Wikipedia Are So Unequal

Why Global Contributions To Wikipedia Are So Unequal

Sep 09 2014 | comment(s)


Critical mass of editors could help solve the puzzle.Credit: bastique, CC BY-SA

By Mark Graham, University of Oxford

More People Can Donate Tissue Than Organs – So Why Do We Know So Little About It?

More People Can Donate Tissue Than Organs – So Why Do We Know So Little About It?

Sep 09 2014 | comment(s)


Eyes – windows on the soul?Credit: Ángelo González, CC BY-SA

By Tracy Long-Sutehall, University of Southampton

Microbial Factories Could Produce Locally Brewed Painkillers

Microbial Factories Could Produce Locally Brewed Painkillers

Sep 09 2014 | comment(s)


Soon to be grown for ornamental use only.Credit: Mark Nesbitt and Samuel Delwen, CC BY

By Luc Henry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne

Reflection Misperception, Or How I’m Learning To Stop Worrying And Embrace Boyfriend Jeans

Reflection Misperception, Or How I’m Learning To Stop Worrying And Embrace Boyfriend Jeans

Sep 08 2014 | comment(s)

Feeling comfortable in our own skin when it comes to clothes is more complicated than just “being yourself”. Image: Flickr, Maria Morri

By Rosie Findlay, University of Sydney.